1. A young engineer applied for a position that was to last six months, and secured the appointment in
active competition with several others. After he had worked at the job for a month, he was offered an
opportunity to greatly better his salary in another city. As he was financially irresponsible, he could
easily leave without fear of legal action. Should he accept or decline the new offer, and why?
ANSWER:
The answer of this question is it maybe Yes or No.
-No, because even if he was financially irresponsible and he could easily leave without fear of legal
action, he was still applied a position that was to last 6 months. And most of all if he will accept the
offer it will only destroy his record as a young engineer.
2. Assume that an engineer were an applicant f or a certain position and were asked concerning the
standing and qualifications of another engineer for the same position, concerning ‘whom he has heard
unfavorable reports. Should he give the information he possesses?
ANSWER:
He should not give the information because first of all they were the same as applicant and the
position they were applying for. Even though he heard an unfavorable report about the other engineer,
still he has no rights to give that information. It is up to the manager if he is qualified or not, based on
his record.
3. It is the ambition of many students of engineering to enter the field of general practice in what is often
termed consulting engineering work. Is a young engineer who has had only 1 or 2 years’ experience
warranted in offering his service to the public in such capacity?
ANSWER:
It will depend upon you and the company because if you have the determination an enough knowledge
but your company is not that productive, still it is useless.
4. A young engineer was employed for some years with an engineering firm and acquired considerable
experience in their specialty. A party desiring some work done along that line, and hoping to secure
the same at a low figure” proposed that the young engineer take up this work at odd times,
independently of his employers who, as business . Was somewhat dull, could spare a part of his
services. Was he justified in accepting such work, and why?
ANSWER:
Yes, he is justified in accepting such work because it can help him to improve his skills and
knowledge as well as he can help to the company to meet their goals.
5. If an engineer is employed for a portion of his time by a state to examine and pass upon plans for
work, on which he is supposed to be expert and over which the state has assumed a certain control, is
he justified in seeking to practice his profession by undertaking to prepare plans and specification s for
work along similar lines and within the same state?
ANSWER:
As a young engineer I am justified in seeking to practice his profession by undertaking to prepare and
specifications for work along similar lines and within the same state.
6. In most state public-service bureaus there is always considerable work for the engineering department
which is waiting for their consideration. Nevertheless some of the specialists are able to secure leave
of absence to undertake personal work for private parties, thus delaying the regular work of the
department. Is such action justifiable?
ANSWER:
I am not justified because as an engineer working in a public service, it is not good to leave your work
without a valid reason.
7. Should or should not an engineer who has prepared plans and specification s for a piece of work, bid
on the same as a contractor, and why?
ANSWER:
I should, because the plans and specifications that I prepared for a piece of work is the same as the
contractor.
8. Plans and specifications were prepared by a firm of engineers for a water works system for a small
city, and bids were invited. Another engineer, acting with a contractor, made plans for a cheaper
system and attempted to secure the contract through their ability to do the work on the cheaper system
at a less price than could be made by the other contractors on the official plans. Was the other
engineer justified in his conduct, and why?
ANSWER: If I were the other engineer I am justified because as if state in their plans that they were
secure the contract through their ability to do work on the cheaper system.
9. A company _which had employed an engineer to prepare plans and specifications for certain work
became dissatisfied and uncertain as to the safety of the plans he had proposed. In the absence of the
engineer, and without advising him as to their intention, they called in another engineer, explaining in
their letter that they desired him to checkup the plans and advise them as to their safety and
sufficiency. Should the second engineer accept or decline the service, and on what grounds?
ANSWER:
Yes, I will accept the service because I could also help not only in the grounds of their safety and
sufficiency but also the whole company.
10.A second company under similar circumstances, and with the con sent of their engineer, called for
similar services from another engineer, who o accepted and found the works proposed would be
perfectly safe but that while it was not obvious, yet he could easily show that a considerable sum of
money could be saved and the plant made much more satisfactory by certain minor changes. Such
changes in plans would, however, probably reflect to some extent on the engineer of the work, and if
the plans were allowed to stand, the possible saving or improvement would never be known. Was it or
was it not the duty of the consulting engineer to call the attention of the company to the defect, at the
expense of his fellow engineer’s reputation?
ANSWER:
It was the duty of the consulting engineer to call the attention of his fellow engineer for them to know
what the defects of the company is.
11.An investigation was made of a contemplated irrigation project and a favorable report was duly
submitted by an irrigation engineer to a development company. Another engineer was called to make
surveys, prepare plans and specifications and to supervise construction. After considerable progress
had been made in the detailed investigations, the engineer became convinced that the preliminary
report was greatly in error and that the project could not be a success financially. His opinion was
submitted to the development company, and they instructed him to keep his report confidential and to
continue the work, with the intention of selling sufficient land to protect themselves from financial
loss of the money already invested and perhaps be able to secure a profit. Was the engineer justified or
not in continuing the work under such conditions, and why?
ANSWER:
Yes, the engineer is justified because it is one way for helping the company to meet their goals.
12.An engineer, having examined a water power project, reported to his clients that in his opinion the
cost of development and other conditions would make the cost of the possible power output too great
to make the project financially satisfactory. His opinion was accepted, and the matter was dropped by
the client. Later, the same project was taken up by a power company, and the same engineer was
asked to take charge of the development. What was his duty in the premises, and why?
ANSWER:
If were the engineer I will take the risk to accept another project because that is my profession all
about.
15.A manufacturer offered an engineer a commission of ten percent on all the material that might be used
on a contract, provided his special brand of material was specified. If the engineer knew or believed
that the material was equal to any similar material on the market, would he be justified in accepting
the offer, and why?
ANSWER:
Yes, I will accept their offer not for the sake of 10% but to help their company improve and meet their
goals. And as my benefit I can gain more experience.
16.Would he be so justified if he knew the material was equal to any on the market, and would not cost
more than other materials of the same kind?
ANSWER:
I will surely decline.
17.If a similar offer were made to a contractor to specify certain materials with his bid, would he be
justified in accepting the same, and why?
ANSWER:
I am justified in accepting because the material is the same.
18.A company asked two engineers to name the price at which they would agree to prepare plans for a
certain piece of work. Each engineer, without knowledge of the other, estimated that the work should
reasonably be worth the sum of $2,000, at which price one of them submitted his proposition. The
other, before submitting his proposal, accidentally heard that the same price had been named by his
competitor, and being desirous of securing the work, reduced his price to $1,900 was he justified in
such reduction, and why?
ANSWER:
I am not justified because I really don’t know how much the estimated cost of their company.
19.If the above work was worth $2,000at current professional charges, and an engineer knowing this and
without knowledge of the price named by others, was so desirous to secure the work that he was
willing to reduce his charges to $1,500, would he be justified in such reduction, and why?
ANSWER:
I am not justified because I will go to their current professional charges.
20.An engineer was about to let a contract for certain expensive machinery. He was very familiar with
similar machinery made by a number of first class manufacturers, b u t was unfamiliar with that made
by one concern whose reputation was, he knew, first class. The company, anxious to stand on an equal
footing with others, offered to pay all the necessary expenses of the engineer to visit several places
where their machines were in u se, including a trip to their factory , where a similar machine was
under construction. If the engineer desired such information, and could conveniently make the trip,
should he accept or decline the invitation, and why?
ANSWER:
I will accept the invitation because it will help me to gain knowledge and to familiar different kinds of
machines.
21.If the engineer made the trip above outlined, either at his own expense or at the expense of the
company, and during the trip was invited by the representatives of the company to. Take various side
trips for pleasure and to accept various costly entertainment at the expense of the company’s
representatives or of the company itself, should he accept or decline, and why?
ANSWER:
I will accept because aside from working I can also gain knowledge from those side trips for pleasure
and entertainment.
22.Should an engineer accept, to any extent, minor favors (cigars, theatre tickets, etc.) of a contractor or
those who are liable to become con tractors on his work, and if so, to what extent?
ANSWER: As a young engineer I will accept the minor favors because it will help my knowledge to
grow.
23.A contractor named a price of $50,000 for performing a piece of work for a company, for which he
was willing to take the Company’s notes. The notes, he found, could be discounted at the ' local bank
so as to net him $49,000.The manager of the company, after consulting with the cashier of the bank,
offered through the cashier to award the contractor the contract at $52,000, provided he would allow
the bank a total discount at the bank of $3,000, in which event the contract would still net the
contractor $49,000.
Should the contractor take the contract under such conditions, and why?
ANSWER:
The Contractor should take the contract because it will help their company as well as he is discounted.
24.If under the above conditions the cashier advised the contractor that the manager was to receive half
the discount which the bank made, what should be the contractor‘s attitude toward the contract, and
why?
ANSWER:
I will consider that the half of the discount will go to the manager because as a contractor my big
concern is how the company to become better.
25.An engineer of reputation was asked by a banking house to take charge of certain engineering work,
no price being agreed upon for his salary. He by chance learned that the bankers would not object to a
charge of twenty-five per cent in excess of his regular charges. Would he be war ranted in increasing h
is charges beyond his usual basis?
ANSWER:
Yes, he would be warranted because it will become his extra income.
26.A hydraulic engineer, under an agreement with a village, prepared plans for a water works system. To
pay for a part of the work involved, village bonds were issued. The officials of the village asked the
engineer if he would assist them in the disposal of the bonds, and he agreed to do so i f he
conveniently could. He spoke to several bankers, who did not care to buy the bonds, and finally
meeting the representative of a bond house, told him of the bonds which the village desired to sell.
The bond house purchased these bonds at a price mutually satisfactory to themselves and the village.
Afterward the president of the bond company, meeting the engineer, told him that they had bought the
bonds at a very satisfactory price, and asked him to call a t their office as the bond company desired to
give the engineer a check for one hundred dollars. Should the engineer have accepted or rejected the
check, and why?
ANSWER:
The engineer should accept the check because the engineer could help the company to improve.
27.Toward the close of the construction season, the authorities of a small town became very anxious to
complete certain paving that year. An engineering company made a proposal to the town to prepare
plans, specifications, and estimates for this work, and in case no bid was received below their
estimate, to take the contract at the estimate they had made. Was such a proposal ethical?
ANSWER:
Yes, because it stated there that the engineering company made a proposal to the town to prepare
plans, specifications and estimates for this work.